Harley Benton TrueTone SH-30 Pro Active

Nem vagyok nagy szakértője az akusztikus gitár hangszedőknek. Leginkább elektromos gitáron játszom. Viszont van egy Applause 12 húros gitárom, ami akusztikusan gyönyörűen szól, de a hardware felújításra szorult, a piezzo pickup hangját meg nem szeretem. Gondoltam adok egy esélyt ennek a pickup-nak. Meglepetésként ért a hangja. A 12 húros gitár rendkívül kiegyenlítetten szól vele. Önmagában a mágneses pickup eléggé elektromos gitár jelleget ad a hangnak, de hozzákeverve a beépített mikrofon jelét megjön az a "presence", amitől gyönyörű akusztikus hangja lesz a gitárnak. Egy Valeton akusztikus preamp-pal használom (kompresszor, előfok, reverb), az én igényeimnek tökéletesen megfelel.

The dual coil / mic pickup is great to have. I haven't found anything for that price that have these options and it's one I really wanted so percussive sounds would be picked up.

Sounds good with my dreadnought plugged into an amp.

In my case the G string sounded way louder than the others. I did find a way to attenuate the effect by taping two small coins on the pick up just under the G string. After that it just seems perfect for me.

Single coil gives it that particular sensitivity / dynamics that humbuckers don't have, it's something to know (I really like that, I've never had a single coil guitar before and I think they sound really cool).

The wire is not super thick but still decent. Since it's short and just meant to be attached to the guitar and not directly on an amp, I think it's better than other options where you got a long thin cable, which seem riskier.

Obviously if you have a way bigger budget for a pickup there probably is way better out there, but in this price range this one seems really good. Let's see how it holds up in the long run.